Wayne State University's weekly farmers market will kick off June 3, and will run every Wednesday from 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m. through October 28. It is situated on Cass Avenue, in front
of Prentis Hall across the street from the Detroit Public Library.
Wayne
State's Wednesday Farmers Market will feature farmers from Detroit -- including the Grown in Detroit Cooperative coordinated by
the Garden Resource Program, Vandalia Gardens, Earthworks Urban Farm and the D-Town Farm run by the Detroit Black Community Food
Security Network -- and
the surrounding metropolitan region, including one farmer from Ontario,
Canada. Avalon International Breads will also
maintain a stall.
The Wayne State Wednesday Farmers Market is
authorized to accept the Michigan Bridge Card, a
debit card, in which federal food stamp dollars are deposited so that
participating low-income households can purchase food. The food stamp
program -- now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or
SNAP -- is offered at the market in partnership with the Eastern Market Corporation. The market will also accept
the Wayne State One Card.
SEED Wayne is working to also be able to redeem the state's Project Fresh and Senior Project Fresh
coupons. These programs help pregnant women, children and senior
citizens have access to Michigan-produced fruits and
vegetables sold at farmers markets.
The farmers market is a project of SEED Wayne, a program that also runs the Warrior Demonstration Garden; the
St. Andrew's Allotment Garden; Cafeteria Composting, in which kitchen wastes
at the McGregor Memorial Conference Center and campus cafeterias are
composted; a 4,000-square-foot passive solar greenhouse at the Capuchin
Soup Kitchen for year-round vegetable production; and Healthy Corner Stores, in which corner stores in the
near-Eastside neighborhood around Capuchin Soup Kitchen are being
assessed to increase access to healthy foods in the community.
Learn more about SEED's mission in this video clip from last year's market from Model D TV editor/producer Tom Hendrickson.
Source: Kami Pothukuchi, SEED Wayne
Writer: Kelli B. Kavanaugh
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